Historical Geographic Locations
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Countries known in remote history (as BYZANTIUM) or former names of countries reflecting political changes in the 20th century (as GERMANY, EAST). |
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"historical" refers to the more remote or recent past or to a term with historic significance aside from its location; all historical & century check tags apply |
| Previously Indexed: |
specific geographic location (1966-1997) |
Historical Geographic Locations Categories.
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Ancient Lands - Geographical sites known to be extant in a remote period in the history of civilization, familiar as the names of ancient countries and empires. |
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Commonwealth of Independent States |
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Czechoslovakia - Created as a republic in 1918 by Czechs and Slovaks from territories formerly part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia 1 January 1993. |
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New Guinea - Originally an island of the Malay Archipelago, the second largest island in the world. It divided, West New Guinea becoming part of Indonesia and East New Guinea becoming Papua New Guinea. |
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Russia (Pre-1917) |
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USSR |
Historical Geographic Locations Definitions and Terms
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